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Paper or plastic? How disposable bag bans, fees and taxes affect consumer behavior

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Last month, England became the latest government – and last among members of the UK – to pass a policy to combat the recent rise in the use of disposable plastic shopping bags, in its case a five-pence charge for each one.

While English newspapers warned th...

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